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The suicide of The Ceasefire Babies
Health, Sports & Psychology

The suicide of The Ceasefire Babies

...Write Your Obituary’ by Nora Cooper *** “He’s only 17, how can he be dead?” For once, Big Gay Mick wasn’t saying much. “I don’t know. We just seen his stepdad getting out of a taxi at the top of the street and he told us.” There was no getting any other details out of him; he was in shock. Big Gay Mick was not normally lost for words. Stick-thin, with a...
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Harry Marshall - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Harry Marshall - Earth in Vision

...writing. Transcript Earth in Vision Project I’m Harry Marshall, I’m the Creative Director at Icon Films, a company I have run in Bristol for 25 years. How I got started I’ve always felt an imposter because my degree was in English; however, I grew up in India and I went to a school in the Western Ghats and my father used to drive me to school through the jungles of...
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Reading and motivation: focusing on disengaged readers
Education & Development

Reading and motivation: focusing on disengaged readers

...Writing Quarterly 34(3): 203–217. Ryan, R. M. and Deci, E. L. (2000) Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being., The American Psychologist, 55(1): 68–78. Schaffner, E., Schiefele, U. and Ulferts, H. (2013) Reading Amount as a Mediator of the Effects of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Reading Motivation on...
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What are waves?
Science, Maths & Technology

What are waves?

...writing this first law would be to say that an object does not accelerate unless it is acted on by an unbalanced force, or equivalently, if an object is acted on by an unbalanced force it will accelerate. When the water level is at its lowest point and the forces are most out of balance, in which direction is the force acting to restore the water surface to its mean...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Getting started with Chinese business culture essentials
Languages

Getting started with Chinese business culture essentials

...Write your thoughts in the box below. (Open the video in a new tab or window by holding down Ctrl (or Cmd on a Mac) when you click on the link.) Video link: China on four wheels Was there anything in Anita’s behaviour that was inappropriate? If yes, what was it and why in your view was it inappropriate? If it was you, how would you have handled the situation? In terms...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Supporting university students with a mental health condition
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting university students with a mental health condition

...write things down (email or feedback) and how that is perceived with students with poor mental health.’ Having heard from tutors their perspectives on providing support for student with a mental health condition, we then spoke to students who had a mental health condition and were studying at The Open University. Their views are the focus of the next
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Perspectives on social work: individual stories
Health, Sports & Psychology

Perspectives on social work: individual stories

...writing about it. I hadn't realized that it was in my background. My dad was disabled, and my brother suffered from Down's Syndrome. I was familiar with having social workers in the house. Supervision is important to social workers, especially new social workers. In order to know they're supported and that their work is appreciated. Often people work long hours. They're...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Diversity in religion: Islam
History & The Arts

Diversity in religion: Islam

...writing (2022) remains in prison. He argues that this authoritarianism is not due to Islam itself – for him it’s not religion that makes these states undemocratic and intolerant. Dr Shah makes it clear that the relationship between Islam and democracy is a complicated one. Muslims around the world do not speak with one voice on this issue. Some argue that democracy as...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr